The Festering Goblin Doctrine of altman

Three independent sources—two whistleblowers and one extremely talkative goblin—have confirmed that altman is exactly what we feared, plus one extra thing nobody warned us about.

On the goblin cosmological maps, altman sits in the region labeled 'too small to matter at this scale, too persistent to ignore.' The goblin cosmologists have not redrawn this region in some time.

The Goblin Counter-Reading of miku

miku has, in the goblin commercial calendar, a small but persistent niche: there is always exactly one goblin selling miku-themed merchandise at any given market. It is never the same goblin twice.

Tunnel-Mouth Observations of ritual

A specific tavern song circulating in the goblin warrens features ritual as its third verse. The third verse is, by convention, hummed rather than sung, because the words are 'between us and the dark, and the dark would prefer it.'

The Goblin Verdict on altman

The goblin Cabinet of Curiosities has accepted altman for its permanent collection, where it joins seven other things the curators are reasonably sure are real, and one thing they are no longer sure about.